Hi guys,while watching "Eien no Zero" (which is a great movie by the way, recommended!) I noticed a weird detail on their Akagi render- there was a white smoke coming out of the very end of the 'arrow' painted at the bow end of the flight deck, as if it was some kind of an indicator. Here's a screenshot from the movie:

What's the point of it? Was such detail present also on other Japanese CVs?

_________________To all kits manufacturers reading this:kindly requested are plastic HMS Lion in any scale, and Kinugasa in 1:350.

I don;t have the 1/350 kit (only 1/700) so it's hard to tell anything about the kit pieces. From what I see, there are small blast bags molded on. I would think those sufficient, particularly if you hand paint them white/off white.

Hi all, thinking about doing a 1/700 full hull Akagi using either a Fujimi kit, or the 2015 Hasegawa one. Which one do you guys reckon is the better option? I know that the old mold Hasegawa was inferior to Fujimi so how does the new one fair?

On one hand I'm generally biased towards Hasegawa in terms of quality and accuracy, but the Fujimi kit has the Rainbow aftermarket detail up set which looks to be much more extensive than Hasegawa's wood deck + PE.

Both kits are nicely done, with good detail and PE sets. I think the Hasegawa flight deck better in terms of its planking (more to scale), but its elevators are molded solid with the flight deck.Tetra also makes a PE set for it. If you use either the Hasegawa or Tetra Flight wooden flight deck, there are brass elevators that could be used to help replace the cut away ones should you choose to open the wells in the flight deck.

The Fujimi version is pretty nice as well. And, as you pointed out, there is the Rainbow PE set with flight deck, and that amazing Rainbow interior hangar deck set to go with it. Plus, Fujimi actually makes a transparent upper hull version of the kit: http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10308292

Flyhawk make a PE set and flight deck for both the new Hasegawa and Fujimi versions.

Thanks Dan, tough choices indeed. That hanger set also creates the annoying dilemma between either having to leave the hull unpainted, cutting a cross-section out, or only being able to the tiny portion of the hanger through the elevator shafts. One of these problems will always persist regardless of how I build the ship.

Can anyone tell me where I might be able to find out what sizes,and placements of equipment such as binoculars,range finders,search lights,and other deck equipment,I'm doing the fujimi 1/350 premium edition,with wood deck set,and a bunch of veteran models